jo_22's Reviews (399)

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Cute and wholesome. Didn’t overdo it (ie was good easy read) & I liked the character dynamics. And how it touches on chronic pain, trauma, relationship patterns & attachment theory (indirectly) 
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I liked how like the other books in this series, it was engaging and tough to put down! Not as good as the first 2 books but I still enjoyed the mystery and feeling that you don’t know who to trust. This one felt like it had some plot holes though 
emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Gorgeous and heartwarming - I loved the characters and their journey growing up - about family, sisterhood, womanhood, forgiveness, generational trauma. I loved the nods to Little Women
adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Good quick read, well done & both heartwrenching and heartwarming 
adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Writing was immersive and I liked the last 30% of the book. Beginning was decent but middle was long and hard to follow with lots of confusing symbolism & abstract world-building. I’d like to reread this, I think I would like it better second time around 
adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This fell short but I like Neil Gaiman’s narrator & the author interview at the end made it better. I liked the concept and the themes, but the execution was so abstract and hard to follow